Biathlon at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Andrea Nahrgang competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Venue	Soldier Hollow
Dates	9–20 February
No. of events	8
Competitors	190 from 34 nations
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Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Individual	men	women
Sprint	men	women
Pursuit	men	women
Relay	men	women
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Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics consisted of eight biathlon events. They were held at Soldier Hollow. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 2002. ^[1] For the first time since 1992, the biathlon program expanded. A new race type, the pursuit (for both men and women) was added, the first new race type since the debut of the sprint in 1980. ^[2]

Medal summary

Seven nations won medals in biathlon, with Germany winning the most (3 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze), while Norway led the medal table with 4 gold medals. These four all involved Ole Einar Bjørndalen, who won each of the three men's individual events, as well as participating in the gold-medal winning relay team. Kati Wilhelm was the most successful athlete in the women's competition, taking two golds and a silver.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	4	2	0	6
2	Germany (GER)	3	5	1	9
3	Russia (RUS)	1	0	2	3
4	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
5	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
6	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway	51:03.3	Frank Luck   Germany	51:39.4	Viktor Maigourov   Russia	51:40.6
Sprint details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway	24:51.3	Sven Fischer   Germany	25:20.2	Wolfgang Perner   Austria	25:44.4
Pursuit details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway	32:34.6	Raphaël Poirée   France	33:17.6	Ricco Groß   Germany	33:30.6
Relay details	Norway (NOR) Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1:23:42.3	Germany (GER) Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	1:24:27.6	France (FRA) Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée	1:24:36.6

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Andrea Henkel   Germany	47:29.1	Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée   Norway	47:37.0	Magdalena Forsberg   Sweden	48:08.3
Sprint details	Kati Wilhelm   Germany	20:41.4	Uschi Disl   Germany	20:57.0	Magdalena Forsberg   Sweden	21:20.4
Pursuit details	Olga Pyleva   Russia	31:07.7	Kati Wilhelm   Germany	31:13.0	Irina Nikulchina   Bulgaria	31:15.8
Relay details	Germany (GER) Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	1:27:55.0	Norway (NOR) Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée	1:28:25.6	Russia (RUS) Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova	1:29:19.7

Participating nations

Thirty-four nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Chile and Croatia made their Olympic debuts in the sport, with one athlete each.

See also

• Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

References

External links

• Official Results Book – Biathlon